most kick returns yards by a lions player in a game

Terry Fair has scored the most kick-return yards for the Lions in a game, with 244 yards against the Packers on September 6, 1998.

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	NAME	KR YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	KR	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
1	Terry Fair T. Fair	244	9/6/1998	DET	@	GB	6	40.7	1	2	23	11.5	0
2	Desmond Howard D. Howard	229	10/28/2001	DET	vs	CIN	5	45.8	0	1	18	18.0	0
3	Desmond Howard D. Howard	218	9/17/2000	DET	vs	TB	6	36.3	0	1	17	17.0	0
4	Eddie Drummond E. Drummond	210	10/1/2006	DET	@	STL	6	35.0	0	1	2	2.0	0
5	Eddie Drummond E. Drummond	197	12/15/2002	DET	vs	TB	5	39.4	0	3	4	1.3	0
6	Stefan Logan S. Logan	194	11/25/2010	DET	vs	NE	7	27.7	0	1	8	8.0	0
7	Eddie Drummond E. Drummond	192	9/26/2004	DET	vs	PHI	7	27.4	0	2	9	4.5	0
8	Reggie Swinton R. Swinton	190	12/14/2003	DET	@	KC	7	27.1	0	0	0		0
9	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	189	11/27/1997	DET	vs	CHI	5	37.8	0	4	57	14.3	0
10	Aveion Cason A. Cason	188	11/22/2007	DET	vs	GB	6	31.3	0	0	0		0
11	Eddie Payton E. Payton	184	12/17/1977	DET	vs	MIN	5	36.8	1	3	105	35.0	1
12	Eddie Drummond E. Drummond	182	10/17/2004	DET	vs	GB	6	30.3	0	2	48	24.0	0
13	Desmond Howard D. Howard	182	12/23/2001	DET	@	PIT	8	22.8	0	0	0		0
14	Aaron Brown A. Brown	180	9/13/2009	DET	@	NO	5	36.0	0	0	0		0
15	Derrick Williams D. Williams	178	11/8/2009	DET	@	SEA	8	22.3	0	0	0		0
16	Eddie Drummond E. Drummond	178	12/22/2002	DET	@	ATL	6	29.7	0	1	0	0.0	0
17	Mel Gray M. Gray	178	11/8/1992	DET	vs	DAL	8	22.3	0	1	7	7.0	0
18	Tom Watkins T. Watkins	177	10/24/1965	DET	@	CHI	5	35.4	0	1	19	19.0	0
19	Terry Fair T. Fair	175	12/6/1998	DET	@	JAX	5	35.0	0	2	18	9.0	0
20	Mel Gray M. Gray	174	10/23/1994	DET	vs	CHI	4	43.5	1	1	3	3.0	0
21	Desmond Howard D. Howard	173	11/10/2002	DET	@	GB	7	24.7	0	2	1	0.5	0
22	Jeremy Ross J. Ross	172	12/8/2013	DET	@	PHI	4	43.0	1	2	71	35.5	1
23	Mel Gray M. Gray	172	12/17/1994	DET	vs	MIN	4	43.0	1	1	14	14.0	0
24	Jacob Saylors J. Saylors	170	11/2/2025	DET	vs	MIN	6	28.3	0	0	0		0
25	Lem Barney L. Barney	170	12/5/1971	DET	vs	PHI	6	28.3	0	0	0		0

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